Having done much testing over the last few days, I have now decided the driver is suitable for release as a
beta.
As I have not yet submitted the driver to the guys at LCDproc for inclusion, (it is after all an old case and display), I have repackaged the LCDproc tarball to include my driver which will build with the usual './configure && make && make install'.
Documentation is provided in the tarball as to how to build and install LCDproc and also how to make the necessary modifications to the kernel to enable the display to be used. Also included with the documentation is an example 'LCD.xml' file for use with
XBMC.
What the driver can do so farAssuming you use the included LCD.xml file, the display will show which menu item is highlighted. If the text doesn't fit into the display it will scroll right to left. When watching live TV the channel name will be displayed, etc etc.
The modfied LCDproc tarball can be downloaded from
here.
As the driver is fully LCDproc compatible, it
should work with any compatible client, assuming the client can be configured to use just one line, but I have
not tested this.
To DoImplement the custom icons on the display and the volume bars on the left. If anybody feels they can help then please do so !!
Assuming that somebody else does actually use the driver, please feedback into this thread or the Elonex Artisan thread
here.
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